Follow our Singles of the Week here. Amar Mehta, ‘Move Me’ by Mura Masa ft. Octavian (Official Audio) South-east London Rapper Octavian is slowly shaping the sound of British rap and building an empire between the capital’s fractured music scene. He has teamed up with Mura Masa to bring the vibey dancehall-peppy house song ‘Move me.’…

Follow our Singles of the Week here. Freddie Metherell, ‘Liberated’ by DeJ Loaf feat. Leon Bridges Detroit based DeJ Loaf is releasing a new album soon and the title track has just dropped. It has me hooked. This song is a wholesome and utterly inclusive call to be proud to represent yourself for yourself. The music…

The Panoptic Team are back again with their favourite singles that they have listened to this week. This time round we’ve got a song by Scarlett Johansson about a reptilian bird. How about that? Aloe Blacc may be back to his best too. Have a read to find out more.

Backed up by an unsettling score, uncanny camerawork, and editing which supplements the film’s nightmarish qualities, Hereditary is a must-see for the most jaded horror devotee – although more sensitive viewers should take caution…

Follow our Singles of the Week here. Freddie Metherell, ‘Hello?’ by Clairo feat. Rejjie Snow Clairo is a product of the internet era. Last year, in a way common to the age of the internet, she shot to fame with a 2:58 video she posted on YouTube. A year later, and she has just dropped her…

Insecurity, sex, anger, and leadership make for riveting reading in James Comey’s ‘A Higher Loyalty’. Comey’s account of Trump’s White House has usurped Michael Wolf’s Fire and Fury as the authoritative account of what Trump does behind closed doors.

Baroque-era composer Johann Sebastian Bach is arguably the most influential composer in human history. These days, his music, more than any other composer’s, is still being studied, analysed and performed – setting the stage for the constant evolution of classical music for centuries to come.

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